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Tether Drops Commercial Paper From USDT Reserves

Uniswap Fulfills its Unicorn Destiny with $165M Funding Round

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Arrakis Loses Mojo as User Pulls $300M From Vault Provider

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NFT games are ‘only scratching the surface’ of what’s possible — Animoca’s Yat Siu: CoinTelegraph

Binance launches $500 million fund to provide loans to Bitcoin miners: The Block

When I created Uniswap in 2018, it was an experiment to create an application that fully embodied the values of Ethereum: Hayden Adams

SushiSwap’s Grey Rebuts Accusations Made ‘Without Any Substantial Evidence

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Leading DEX to Deploy on Layer 2 After Raising $165M in Funding Round

 by students from the University of Pennsylvania, Uniswap v3, the top decentralized exchange by trade volume, will deploy on the zkSync Layer 2 network following a vote on Oct. 14.

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Majority Of Reserves Allocated To U.S. Treasury Bills

 Tether, the company behind USDT, crypto’s largest stablecoin with a market capitalization of $69B, has completely eliminated commercial paper from its reserves.

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Leading DeFi Player Joins Elite Club of $1B+ Ventures as Members Deploy DEX on Another Network

The DeFi company famed for its unicorn logo has finally become a real life unicorn. On Thursday, Uniswap Labs, the company behind the leading DEX Uniswap, raised a whopping $165M in a Series B fundraising round, according to an 

OpenSea Adds Avalanche Support in Heady Week for NFTs

 Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins made his first foray into NFTs on Thursday, and collectors snapped up the 1,000 NFTs on sale within a matter of minutes.

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Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu believes nonfungible token (NFT) games are only scratching the surface of what’s possible and predicts completely new models of gaming will be developed as a result of digital ownership.

 a $500 million fund to provide loans to Bitcoin miners struggling to cope with difficult crypto-market conditions.

1/ When I created Uniswap in 2018, it was an experiment to create an application that fully embodied the values of Ethereum.



Over these 4 years, it’s grown more than I could have imagined. Today I'm so excited to announce that Labs has raised $165M in Series B funding 🦄 

Jared Grey has said his piece. And yes, he addressed the horse. In a 

 published on Thursday, SushiSwap’s new head chef rejected the extraordinary allegations leveled against him this week and defended his record and reputation.

Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange (DEX) that is DeFi’s third-largest protocol with $6B locked in its smart contracts, has concluded a governance 

 to allow any project to add token rewards to its factory-deployed gauges.

The Merge was undoubtedly the most significant Web3 network upgrade to date, with implications that go beyond switching consensus mechanisms and reducing energy consumption. In fact, this upgrade was the first step towards a future in which your Ethereum wallet pays you to use it.

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